Biblia the Byble, that is, the holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe.

The XI. Chapter.

ANd in the first yeare of Darius of Me¦dia, [ A] I stode by him, to conforte him, & to strength him, and now wil I she∣we the the treuth. Beholde, there shal ston∣de vp yet thre kinges in Persia, but y^e fourth shal be farre richer then they all. And when he is in the chefest power of his riches, he shal prouoke euery man agaynst the realme of Grekelonde. Then shal there arise yet a mightie kinge, that shal rule with greate do¦minion, and do what him list.* 1.1 And as soone as his kingdome commeth vp, it shalbe de∣stroyed,* 1.2 & deuyded towarde y^e foure wyndes of the heauen. They y^t come after him, shall not haue soch power & dominion as he: but his kingdome shalbe scatred, yee euen amon¦ge other thē those. And the kynge of y^e south shalbe migthier, then his other prynces. A∣gaynst him there shal one make himself strō¦ge, & shal rule his dominiō w^t greate power.

But after certayne yeares they shalbe io∣yned together, & the kynges doughter of the south shall come to the kynge of the north, for to make frēdshipe, but she shal not optay¦ne the power of that arme, nether shall she▪ be able to endure thorow his might: but she, & soch as brought her (yee & he y^t begat her, & conforted her for his tyme) shalbe delyuered vp. Out of y^e braunches of hir rote, there shal [ B] one stonde vp in his steade: which with po∣wer of armes shal go thorow the kynges lon¦de of the north, & handle him acordinge to his strength. As for their Idols & prynces, with their costly Iewels of golde & syluer, he shal cary them awaye captyues in to E∣gipte, and he shal preuayle agaynst the kyn¦ge of the north certayne yeares. And when he is come into y^e kynges realme of y^e south, he shal be fayne to turne agayne in to his owne londe. Wherfore his sonnes shalbe dis∣pleased, and shal gather together a mightie greate hoost of people: and one of them shal come, and go thorow like a waterfloude▪ then shal he returne, and go forth with de∣fyenge and boostinge vnto his owne londe.

Thē the kinge of y^e south shalbe angrie,

and shal come forth to fight agaynst the kin¦ge of the north: Yee he shall bringe a greate multitude of people together, and a greate heape shalbe geuē into his honde: these shal he cary awaye w^t greate pryde, for so moch as he hath cast downe so many thousandes, neuertheles he shall not preuayle. For y^e kin∣ge of y^e north shal gather (of the new) a grea¦ter heape of people then afore, & come forth (after a certayne tyme and yeares) with a mightie hoost & exceadinge greate good.

[ C] At the same tyme there shall many stonde vp agaynst the kinge of the south, so that y^e wicked children of thy people also shal exal∣te them selues (to fulfill the vision) and then fall. So the kinge of the north shall come to laye sege, and to take the strōge fensed cities: And the power of thē of y^e south shal not be able to abyde him, & the best men of the peo∣ple shall not be so stronge, as to resist him. Shortly, when he commeth, he shall handle him as he list, & no man shalbe so hardy as to stonde agaynst him. He shal stōde in the plea¦saunt countre, which thorow him shalbe de∣stroyed. He shal set his face w^t all his power to optayne his kingdome, & to be like it. Yee that shal he do, & geue him vnto the dough∣ters amōge women, to destroye him. But he shal fayle, nether shal he optayne his purpo¦se. After this, shall he set his face vnto the Iles, & take many of thē. A prynce shal stop∣pe him, to do him a shame, besyde the confu∣cion that els shal come vnto him. Thus shal he turne agayne to his owne londe, stomble, & fall, and be nomore founde: so he that came vpon him & dyd him violence, shal stonde in his place, & haue a pleasaunt kingdome: and after few dayes he shal be destroyed, & that [ D] nether in wrath ner in batell. In his steade there shal aryse a vyle person not holdē wor¦thy of a kinges dignite: this shall come in craftely, & optayne the kingdome with fayre wordes: he shal fight agaynst the armes of the mightie (& destroye them,) yee & agaynst the prynce of the couenaunt.

So after y^t he hath taken truce with him, he shal hādle disceatfully: that he maye get vp, & ouer come him with a small flocke: & so with craftynesse to get him to y^e fattest pla∣ce of the londe, and to deale otherwise, then ether his fathers or graūd fathers dyd. For he shal destroye the thinge, y^e they had rob∣bed & spoyled, yee & all their substaunce: yma¦genynge thoughtes agaynst the strōge hol∣des, & that for a tyme. His power and herte shalbe sterred vp w^t a greate armye agaynst the kinge of the south: where thorow the kin¦ge of the south shalbe moued then vnto ba∣tell, with a greate & mightie hoost also. Ne∣uerthelesse, he shal not be able to stonde, for they shall conspyre agaynst him. Yee they y^t eate of his meate, shal hurte him: so that his hoost shal fall, & many be slayne downe.

These two kinges shalbe mynded to do myschefe, & talke of disceate at one table: but they shal not prospere: for why,* 1.3 the ende shal not come yet, vnto the tyme apoynted. Thē shall he go home agayne in to his owne lon∣de with greate good, & set his herte agaynst the holy couenaunt, he shalbe busy agaynst it, & then returne home. At the tyme appoyn¦ted he shal come agayne, & go towarde the south: So shall it happen otherwise then at the first, yet ones agayne. And why, the ship¦pes of Cythim shal come vpon him, that he maye be smytten & turne agayne:* 1.4 y^t he maye take indignacion agaynst the couenaunt of holynes, to medle agaynst it. Yee he shal tur¦ne him, & drawe soch vnto him, as leaue the holy couenaunt.

He shal set mightie men to vnhalowe the [ E] sanctuary of strēgth, to put downe the day lie offeringe, & to set vp the abhominable de¦solacion. And soch as breake the couenaunt, shal he flatre with fayre wordes. But y^e peo¦ple that wil knowe their God, shal haue the ouerhāde and prospere. Those also that ha¦ue vnderstondinge amonge the people, shal enfourme the multitude: & for alonge season, they shalbe persecuted with swearde, with fyre, with captyuyte & with the takynge a∣waye of their goodes. Now whē they fall, they shalbe set vp with a litle helpe: but ma∣ny shal cleue vnto them faynedly.

Yee some of those which haue vnderston¦dynge shal be persecuted also: y^t they maye betryed, purified & clēsed, till the tyme be out: for there is yet another tyme appoynted. The kinge shal do what him list, he shal exal¦te and magnifie himself agaynst all, that is God.* 1.5 Yee he shall speake maruelous thinges agaynst the God of all goddes, wherin he shal prospere,* 1.6 so longe till the wrath be fulfil¦led, for the conclusion is deuysed alredy. He shal not regarde the God of his fathers, but his lust shall be vpon womē: Yee he shal not care for eny God, for he shal magnifie him∣self aboue all. In his place shal he worshipe the mightie Idols: & the god whom his fa∣thers knewe not, shal he honoure with gol∣de and syluer, with precious stones and plea¦saunt Iewels.

This shal he do, sekinge helpe and sucou∣re [ F] at the mightie Idols and straunge god∣des.

Soch as wil receaue him, and take him for God, he shal geue them greate worshipe and power: yee and make them lordes of the multitude, and geue them the londe with re∣wardes. In the latter tyme, shal the kinge of the south stryue with him: and the kinge of the north in like maner shall come agaynst him with charettes, horsmen & with a greate nauy of shippes. He shal come in to the lon∣des, destroye and go thorow: he shal entre al¦so in to the fayre pleasaunt londe. Many ci∣ties & countrees shal decaye,* 1.7 excepte Edom, Moab & the best of the children of Ammon, which shal escape from his honde. He shall stretch forth his hōdes vpon the countrees, & the londe of Egipte shal not escape him. For thorow his goinge in, he shal haue do∣minion ouer the treasures of syluer & golde, & ouer all the precious Iewels of Egipte, Ly¦bia and Ethiopia Neuerthelesse the tydin∣ges out of the east and the north shall trou∣ble him,* 1.8 for the which cause he shal go forth to destroye & curse a greate multitude. The tentes of his palace shall he pytch betwixte the two sees, vpon the hill of the noble sanc∣tuary,* 1.9 for he shal come to the ende of it, and then shal no man helpe him.

Notes

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  2. Mac. 5. ••
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  Nu. 24. d
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  2. ••he. 2
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  Apoc. 15
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  Apo. 12. c
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  Apo. 11. c
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  ••po. 19. d 〈◊〉〈◊〉. c